A Microsoft TechEd picture is worth a thousand words
This slide show, originally presented at the Microsoft TechEd 2011 conference in Atlanta, explains the company’s approach to the cloud.
Microsoft Announces New Back-to-School Offer for Students
Microsoft is offering students who buy a new Win7 PC, a free Xbox 360 4GB console. The current offer is for students in the US. Similar offers will be introduced in France and Canada soon.
Microsoft Visual Studio upgrade
Visual Studio vNext will emphasize agile programming practices. It will use a Web-based interface that implements the scrum model of agile programming. No date has been given for release.
Worklight 4.1
Worklight announced the availability of Worklight 4.1, letting you build, run and manage HTML5 mobile web apps without use of proprietary interpreters. This release also enables development of Windows Phone 7 hybrid apps.
Windows 8 ARM
According to Intel, Windows 8 will come in two "flavors", x86 and ARM. While the x86 version will support legacy apps, the ARM version will not. Microsoft claims this information is not correct.
Outlook Import Wizard
OutlookImport.Com has released a new version of Outlook Import Wizard, its email conversion and migration tool, to help you convert EML and MSG files into a portable storage (PST) file for use with Microsoft Outlook.
Microsoft: One in 14 downloads is malicious
That notice you just got from a website saying you need to update software before you can view their video may be malware ready to infect your PC. Social engineering, prompting you to install something, is apparently more effective than your computer’s safeguards.
Windows 7 Network Awareness
When you start up Windows 7, it "knows" if it has an internet connection or not. How does it know? It sends a message to Microsoft servers. If it goes through, you’re on the internet. If it doesn’t, then you only have a local connection.
Intel Chief Confirms Multiple Versions of Windows 8
According to Intel’s Renee James, Windows 8 will come in different versions for x86 and ARM architecture. And. There are expected to be at least four versions for ARM.
Vital Signs for Microsoft’s Private Cloud
Savision, Inc. has announced the launch of Vital Signs for Microsoft’s Private Cloud. Vital Signs works in conjunction with Microsoft System Center to provide performance troubleshooting and configuration analysis for Windows Hyper-V Server.